Show the Love with Promotional Gifts for Referrals

The most incredible source of new business is actually right in front of you. Behold, your referral network. For many small and medium sized businesses, it’s an opportunity goldmine. It’s also the perfect chance to show gratitude with branded merchandise.

Not a news flash, but we happen to live in the age of non-stop marketing and advertising. Understandably, most people would rather hear about a product or service from someone they know—versus feeling like they are being “marketed to.”

Across generations, the majority of consumers trust recommendations from people they know. Which is exactly why creating brand advocates should be a top priority for any business, large or small. These advocates can do in one casual conversation over coffee what takes a marketing team months with gallons of caffeinated beverages.

Advocates bring in highly qualified leads that already trust your brand. It’s time to show the love to your brand champions with promotional gifts for referrals.

Grow Your Business with Referrals to Make an Impact

We all know that referrals are important, but to what degree? Is it worth investing in promotional products and gifts?

Naturally, we’re biased around here about the answers to these questions. But, we also understand that not everyone is in the same camp…so hear us out.

To decide if promotional products and gifts are right for your business, remember that referrals have the power to increase your conversion rate. B2B companies with referral programs have a 70% higher conversion rate, and a 69% faster close time on sales. That’s a significant impact, my friend.

Moving prospects through the funnel faster, along with a better closing rate is pretty much every C-level’s dream.

You can make that dream come true with a lil’ bit o’ swag.

With an effective referral program, you can increase closing metrics AND increase the sheer volume of customers. Most importantly, you will deepen relationships with clients and partners when you show a little appreciation.

A strong campaign will need to be tuned in to everybody’s favorite radio station: WIIFM (a.k.a. What’s in it for me?) This is where promotional gifts come into play.

The Beautiful Benefits of Promotional Gifts

The idea of a thank you gift holds plenty of value. Even just a simple thank you email can be enough to make someone’s day. While an email is a small step in the right direction, businesses can really go the extra mile with branded promotional gifts in their referral programs.

Using promotional products to market your business increases brand awareness with your target audience. And getting your brand in front of existing clients, beyond the screen, brings a human feel to your brand that simply can’t be replicated in the digital world. When you make the investment and send something tangible and useful, the effect is everlasting.

“Out of 3,000 business people, over half of the respondents indicated that 70% of their business is generated from word-of-mouth or referrals.”

Of course, there is a whole strategy to keep in mind. Not every promotional gift holds the same weight. So before you take the short cut and blow dust off the ancient branded swag cowering in the office closet, consider the importance of referrals for your business first. Then proceed with ideation to figure out the right promotional products for your referral program that will honor your brand’s champions.

Gift Ideas for Referral Sources to Show the Love

Always take care of your referral sources. I mean, who doesn’t want a steady stream of new referrals that already trust your brand to some degree? It’s pretty much the ideal scenario for your growing business.

A rock solid referral program is going to include promotional items. Options might be:

The trick here is to think about the person you’re gifting to, and make sure the swag will be valued by them.

…not tossed in the you know what.

Also, consider how you can bolster your brand through the type of promotional product you choose, so it continues to tastefully drive brand awareness.

As an example, it tends to rain a fair amount here in the Pacific Northwest. We all live in our waterproof jackets with hoodies six months out of the year. For a client in Oregon, a gift like this will get a lot of mileage—and it relates to our brand’s vibe geographically because we have offices in Portland and Seattle. But a client in Southern California would have very little use for that type of swag.

Brainstorm with your team to understand the referrers you’ll be sending thank you gifts to. Also define a budget for your referral program, and figure out if there are tiers that receive different types of swag. If a client gives you three referrals, they receive a sweatshirt instead of a notepad. That type of thing.

What you want to avoid is the generic gift. We love coffee as much as the next guy, but the coffee gift card is pretty played out. There is a whole world of unique swag ideas, so why not explore them for your referral program?

“Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it.”

– William Arthur Ward

Sending brand advocates promotional gifts for referrals is an inspired method to keep the business pouring in. Your brand will always be front and center with the referrer and their network, setting you up for success.

Need gift ideas for your referral program? The Inspired Results team is chock-full of them. Reach out to us and we’ll get you moving down a righteous path.

PRIVACY POLICY

Last modified: March 31, 2016

Introduction

Inspired Results, Inc., an Oregon corporation (the “Company” or “We”) respect your privacy and are committed to protecting it through our compliance with this policy.

This policy describes the types of information we may collect from you or that you may provide when you visit the website www.inspirenw.com (the “Website”) and our practices for collecting, using, maintaining, protecting and disclosing that information.

This policy applies to information we collect:

On the Website.

In e-mail, text and other electronic messages between you and the Website.

Through mobile and desktop applications you download from the Website, which provide dedicated non-browser-based interaction between you and the Website.

It does not apply to information collected by:

Us offline or through any other means, including on any other website operated by the Company or any third party; or

Any third party, including through any application or content (including advertising) that may link to or be accessible from or on the Website.

Please read this policy carefully to understand our policies and practices regarding your information and how we will treat it. If you do not agree with our policies and practices, your choice is not to use the Website. By accessing or using the Website, you agree to this Privacy Policy. This Privacy Policy may change from time to time. Your continued use of the Website after we make changes is deemed to be acceptance of those changes, so please check this Privacy Policy periodically for updates.

Children Under the Age of 13

The Website is not intended for children under 13 years of age. No one under age 13 may provide any information to or on the Website. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you are under 13, do not use or provide any information on the Website or on or through any of its features, nor register on the Website, make any purchases through the Website, use any of the interactive or public comment features of the Website or provide any information about yourself to us, including your name, address, telephone number, e-mail address or any screen name or user name you may use. If we learn we have collected or received personal information from a child under 13 without verification of parental consent, we will delete that information. If you believe we might have any information from or about a child under 13, please contact us at Support@inspirenw.com.

Information We Collect About You and How We Collect It

We may collect several types of information from and about users of the Website, including information:

By which you may be personally identified, such as name, postal address, e-mail address, telephone number, age, sex, or [ANY OTHER INFORMATION THE WEBSITE COLLECTS THAT IS DEFINED AS PERSONAL OR PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION UNDER AN APPLICABLE LAW – THIS SHOULD REFLECT REGISTRATION AND OTHER DATA REQUESTED] (“Personal Information”);

We collect this information:

Directly from you when you provide it to us, including, but not limited to registration of your user account, use of the services provided through the Website, and other similar means.

Automatically as you navigate through the Website. Information collected automatically may include usage details, IP addresses and information collected through cookies, and other tracking technologies.

From third parties, for example, our business partners.

Information You Provide to Us

The information we collect on or through the Website may include:

Information that you provide by filling in forms on the Website. This includes information provided at the time of registering to use the Website, subscribing to our service, posting material, including the creation of Personal Rules, or requesting further services. We may also ask you for information when you enter a contest or promotion sponsored by us, and when you report a problem with the Website.

Records and copies of your correspondence (including e-mail addresses), if you contact us.

Your search queries on the Website.

You also may provide information to be published or displayed (“posted”) on public areas of the Website, or transmitted to other users of the Website or third parties (collectively, “User Contributions”). Your User Contributions are posted on and transmitted to others at your own risk. Although we limit access to certain pages you may set certain privacy settings for such information by logging into your account profile, please be aware that no security measures are perfect or impenetrable. Additionally, we cannot control the actions of other users of the Website with whom you may choose to share your User Contributions. Therefore, we cannot and do not guarantee that your User Contributions will not be viewed by unauthorized persons.

Information We Collect Through Automatic Data Collection Technologies

As you navigate through and interact with the Website, we may use automatic data collection technologies to collect certain information about your equipment, browsing actions, and related patterns, including:

Details of your visits to the Website, including traffic data, location data, logs and other communication data and the resources that you access and use on the Website.

Information about your computer and internet connection, including your IP address, operating system and browser type.

The information we collect automatically is statistical data and does not include personal information, but we may maintain it or associate it with personal information we collect in other ways or receive from third parties. It helps us to improve the Website and to deliver a better and more personalized service, including by enabling us to:

Estimate our audience size and usage patterns.

Store information about your preferences, allowing us to customize the Website according to your individual interests.

Speed up your searches.

Recognize you when you return to the Website.

The technologies we use for this automatic data collection may include:

Cookies (or browser cookies). A cookie is a small file placed on the hard drive of your computer. You may refuse to accept browser cookies by activating the appropriate setting on your browser. However, if you select this setting you may be unable to access certain parts of the Website. Unless you have adjusted your browser setting so that it will refuse cookies, our system will issue cookies when you direct your browser to the Website.

Flash Cookies. Certain features of the Website may use local stored objects (or Flash cookies) to collect and store information about your preferences and navigation to, from and on the Website. Flash cookies are not managed by the same browser settings as are used for browser cookies.

We do not collect personal Information automatically, but we may tie this information to personal information about you that we collect from other sources or you provide to us.

How We Use Your Information

We use information that we collect about you or that you provide to us, including any personal information:

To present the Website and its contents to you.

To provide you with information and/or services that you request from us.

To fulfill any other purpose for which you provide it.

To provide you with notices about your account or subscription for services, including expiration and renewal notices.

To carry out our obligations and enforce our rights arising from any contracts entered into between you and us, including for billing and collection.

To notify you about changes to the Website or any products or services we offer or provide though it.

To allow you to participate in interactive features on the Website.

In any other way we may describe when you provide the information.

For any other purpose with your consent.

We may also use your information to contact you about our own and third-parties’ goods and services that may be of interest to you. If you do not want us to use your information in this way, please check the relevant box located on the form on which we collect your data (the registration form).

We may use the information we have collected from you to enable us to display advertisements to our advertisers’ target audiences. Even though we do not disclose your personal information for these purposes without your consent, if you click on or otherwise interact with an advertisement, the advertiser may assume that you meet its target criteria.

Disclosure of Your Information

We may disclose aggregated information about our users, and information that does not identify any individual, without restriction.

We may disclose personal information that we collect or you provide as described in this Privacy Policy:

To our subsidiaries and affiliates.

To contractors, service providers and other third parties we use to support our business and who are bound by contractual obligations to keep personal information confidential and use it only for the purposes for which we disclose it to them.

To a buyer or other successor in the event of a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution or other sale or transfer of some or all of the Company’s assets, whether as a going concern or as part of bankruptcy, liquidation or similar proceeding, in which personal information held by the Company about the Website users is among the assets transferred.

To third parties to market their products or services to you if you have consented to or not opted out of these disclosures. We contractually require these third parties to keep personal information confidential and use it only for the purposes for which we disclose it to them.

To fulfill the purpose for which you provide it. For example, if you give us an e-mail address to use a feature of the Website, we will transmit the contents of that e-mail and your e-mail address to the intended recipients.

For any other purpose disclosed by us when you provide the information.

With your consent.

We may also disclose your personal information:

To comply with any court order, law or legal process, including to respond to any government or regulatory request.

To enforce or apply our Terms of Use located at www.inspirenw.com and other agreements, including for billing and collection purposes.

If we believe disclosure is necessary or appropriate to protect the rights, property, or safety of the Company, our customers or others. This includes exchanging information with other companies and organizations for the purposes of fraud protection and credit risk reduction.

Choices About How We Use and Disclose Your Information

We strive to provide you with choices regarding the personal information you provide to us. We have created mechanisms to provide you with the following control over your information:

Tracking Technologies and Advertising. You can set your browser to refuse all or some browser cookies, or to alert you when cookies are being sent. To learn how you can manage your Flash cookie settings, visit the Flash player settings page on Adobe’s website. If you disable or refuse cookies, please note that some parts of this site may then be inaccessible or not function properly.

Disclosure of Your Information for Third-Party Advertising. If you do not want us to share your personal information with unaffiliated or non-agent third parties for promotional purposes, you can opt-out by checking the relevant box located on the form on which we collect your data (the registration form). You can also always opt-out by logging into the Website and adjusting your user preferences in your account profile by checking or unchecking the relevant boxes or by sending us an e-mail stating your request to Support@inspirenw.com.

Promotional Offers from the Company. If you do not wish to have your e-mail address or other contact information used by the Company to promote our own or third parties’ products or services, you can opt-out by checking the relevant box located on the form on which we collect your data (the registration form) or at any other time by logging into the Website and adjusting your user preferences in your account profile by checking or unchecking the relevant boxes or by sending us an e-mail stating your request to Support@inspirenw.com. If we have sent you a promotional e-mail, you may send us a return e-mail asking to be omitted from future e-mail distributions. This opt out does not apply to information provided to the Company as a result of a product purchase, warranty registration, product service experience or other transactions.

Targeted Advertising. If you do not want us to use information that we collect or that you provide to us to deliver advertisements according to our advertisers’ target-audience preferences, you can opt-out by checking the relevant box located on the form on which we collect your data (the registration form). You can also always adjust your user advertising preferences in your account profile by checking or unchecking the relevant boxes or by sending us an e-mail stating your request to Support@inspirenw.com.

We do not control third parties’ collection or use of your information to serve interest-based advertising. However these third parties may provide you with ways to choose not to have your information collected or used in this way.

Accessing and Correcting Your Information

You can review and change your personal information by logging into the Website and visiting your account profile page.

You may also send us an e-mail at Support@inspirenw.com to request access to, correct or delete any personal information that you have provided to us. We cannot delete your personal information except by also deleting your user account. We may not accommodate a request to change information if we believe the change would violate any law or legal requirement or cause the information to be incorrect.

If you delete your User Contributions from the Website, copies of your User Contributions may remain viewable in cached and archived pages, or might have been copied or stored by other Website users. Proper access and use of information provided on the Website, including User Contributions, is governed by our Terms of Use located at www.inspirenw.com.

Your California Privacy Rights

California Civil Code Section §1798.83 permits users of the Website that are California residents to request certain information regarding our disclosure of personal information to third parties for their direct marketing purposes. To make such a request, please send an e-mail to Support@inspirenw.com.

Data Security

We have implemented measures designed to secure your personal information from accidental loss and from unauthorized access, use, alteration and disclosure. All information you provide to us is stored on our secure servers behind firewalls. Any payment transactions will be encrypted.

The safety and security of your information also depends on you. Where we have given you (or where you have chosen) a password for access to certain parts of the Website, you are responsible for keeping this password confidential. We ask you not to share your password with anyone. We urge you to be careful about giving out information in public areas of the Website like message boards. The information you share in public areas may be viewed by any user of the Website.

Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. Although we do our best to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee the security of your personal information transmitted to the Website. Any transmission of personal information is at your own risk. We are not responsible for circumvention of any privacy settings or security measures contained on the Website.

Changes to the Privacy Policy

It is our policy to post any changes we make to our privacy policy on this page. If we make material changes to how we treat our users’ personal information, we will notify you by e-mail to the primary e-mail address specified in your account and/or through a notice on the Website home page. The date this Privacy Policy was last revised is identified at the top of the page. You are responsible for ensuring we have an up-to-date active and deliverable e-mail address for you, and for periodically visiting the Website and this Privacy Policy to check for any changes.

Contact Information

To ask questions or comment about this privacy policy and our privacy practices, contact us at: Support@inspirenw.com.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF USE OF INSPIRED RESULTS WEBSITE

1. Consent

The following terms and conditions govern the use of the website located at www.inspirenw.com (the “Website”), and the content, data and materials available or generated on the Website (the “Content”) which are owned by Inspired Results, Inc., an Oregon corporation (the “Company”). By using or visiting the Website and/or any the Company’s applications, products, software, data feeds, and/or other services provided from or through the Website (also collectively the “Website”) you signify your agreement to these terms and conditions (the “Terms of Use”), and the Privacy Notice.

BY SELECTING THE “I AGREE” BUTTON, YOU: (i) ARE OVER THE AGE OF EIGHTEEN ARE ENTERING INTO A LEGALLY BINDING CONTRACT THAT IS VALID AND ENFORCEABLE UNDER A VARIETY OF STATE AND/OR FEDERAL STATUTES AND THE COMMON LAW; (ii) HAVE THE POWER AND AUTHORITY TO ENTER INTO AND PERFORM YOUR OBLIGATIONS UNDER THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS; (iii) AGREE TO BE BOUND BY AND COMPLY WITH ALL TERMS AND CONDITIONS SET FORTH HEREIN; (iv) HAVE PROVIDED ACCURATE AND COMPLETE INFORMATION; AND (v) CONSENT TO RECEIVING THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS AND ALL DOCUMENTS AND DISCLOSURES INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE IN ELECTRONIC FORM.

IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO ALL OF THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS, YOU MAY NOT USE THE WEBSITE AND CONTENT. Should you object to any term or condition, or any subsequent modifications or become dissatisfied with the Content or Website in any way, your only recourse is to immediately discontinue use of the Content and Website. The Company has the right, but is not obligated, to strictly enforce any term or condition through self-help, active investigation, litigation and prosecution. You agree that the Company failure to enforce any right or requirement that you comply with any obligation contained in these terms and conditions is not a waiver of any right or obligation and will not support any claim of waiver of any other right or obligation.

2. Changes and Modifications

These Terms of Use may be changed by the Company. The Company may, in its sole discretion, modify or revise these Terms of Use and policies at any time by posting the amended Terms of Use on the Website, and you agree to be bound by such modifications or revisions. If we make a material amendment to these Terms of Use, we will attempt to notify you by email or posting notice of the amendment on the Website. Any amendment to these Terms of Use shall be effective automatically and immediately after it is posted. Nothing in these Terms of Use shall be deemed to confer any third-party rights or benefits.

3. Limited License

Subject to compliance with these Terms of Use and any documents incorporated by reference, you are granted a nonexclusive, nontransferable, limited license to access and use the Website and Content from time to time made available to you. This license is not a sale of the Content. You acquire no proprietary interest in the Website or Content. Only individuals authorized by the Company may download and use the Website or Content.

You may not copy, reproduce, distribute, publish, enter into a database, display, perform, modify, create derivative works, transmit, or in any way exploit any Content you have posted or that has been posted by any other person, company or the Company. You agree not to use the Website and Content except as expressly permitted by these Terms of Use. You shall not transfer, sublicense, rent, lease or lend the Content to any third party. You shall not modify, reverse engineer, create derivate works, disassemble or decompile the Website or Content. You may not use any direct link, page scraper, robot, crawler, index, spider or other automatic device program, algorithm or methodology to access, copy, acquire information or use the Website or Content.

The Website and Content incorporate third-party software and data, including but not limited to Google Earth and Google Maps. These software programs are property of their respective owners. By using the Content and Website, you consent to the terms of use and license terms of these third-parties.

You agree to use this Website only for your own personal and non-commercial use except with our permission. We do not grant you a license to use this Website for any other purpose. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, you may not distribute any part of the Content over any network, including a local area network, nor sell or offer it for sale.

All rights in the product names, company names, trade names, logos, product packaging, and designs of all of our (or any third-party) products or services, whether or not appearing in large print or with the trademark symbol, belong exclusively to their respective owners, and are protected from reproduction, imitation, dilution, or confusing or misleading uses under national and international trademark and copyright laws. The use or misuse of these trademarks or any materials, except as permitted herein, is expressly prohibited, and nothing stated or implied on this Website confers on you any license or right under any patent or trademark of any third party.

4. Incorporation of Other Documents

Other provisions that govern your use of the Website or Content may be set forth in other agreements, documents, terms, conditions and policies. If referenced herein, all of these other provisions are incorporated by reference into these Terms of Use. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, in the event of a conflict between the provisions in these documents and these terms and conditions, the provisions in these documents will control. Your use of the Website or Content is subject to these additional terms and conditions.

5. Content of Postings

As an account holder in the Website, users have an opportunity to publish, submit, or otherwise post information (“Conversation Content”). You understand that the Company does not guarantee any confidentiality with respect to any List you submit. Please note that your user ID will appear each time you List. While we advise against listing any personal information, should you do so, please use the utmost in care.

You agree that none of your Conversation Content will: (i) infringe on the intellectual property, trade secret, privacy, or publicity rights of others; (ii) contain false statements or misrepresentations that could damage the Company or any third party;(iii) include unlawful, obscene, libelous, defamatory, threatening, harassing, abusive, hateful, sexually explicit, sexually oriented, racially or ethnically objectionable, profane, vulgar, or embarrassing material, as determined by the Company in its sole discretion; and/or (iv) be illegal or otherwise objectionable to the Company.

You shall be solely responsible for your own Conversation Content and the consequences of submitting and publishing your Conversation Content on the Website. You affirm, represent, and warrant that you own or have the necessary licenses, rights, consents, and permissions to publish Conversation Content you submit; and you license to the Company all patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright or other proprietary rights in and to such Conversation Content for publication on the Website pursuant to these Terms of Use.

Although you are solely responsible for the Conversation Content you provide, we reserve the right to monitor Conversation Content. If we become aware of Conversation Content that violate these Terms of Use or that we believe to be otherwise objectionable, we may reject or delete them, suspend or terminate your account, or take other action, without notice to you and in our sole discretion. If you notice that any other user’s Conversation Content appear to violate these Terms of Use, or if any other user ever makes you feel harassed or unsafe, please contact us at [PHONE NUMBER].

For clarity, you retain all of your ownership rights in your Conversation Content posted on the Website. However, by submitting Conversation Content to the Website, you hereby grant the Company a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, sublicenseable, and transferable license to use, reproduce, distribute, prepare derivative works of, display, and perform the Conversation Content in connection with the Website and the Company (and its successors’ and affiliates’) business, including without limitation for promoting and redistributing part or all of the Website (and derivative works thereof) in any media formats and through any media channels. You also hereby grant each user of the Website a non-exclusive license to access your Conversation Content through the Website, and to use, reproduce, distribute, display and perform such Conversation Content as permitted through the functionality of the Website and under these Terms of Use. The above licenses granted by you in Conversation Content you submit to the Website terminate within a commercially reasonable time after you remove or delete your comments from the Website. You understand and agree, however, that the Company may retain, but not display, distribute, or perform, server copies of your Conversation Content that have been removed or deleted. The above licenses granted by you in Conversation Content you submit are perpetual and irrevocable.

You further agree that Conversation Content you submit to the Website will not contain third-party copyrighted material, or material that is subject to other third party proprietary rights, unless you have permission from the rightful owner of the material or you are otherwise legally entitled to post the material and to the Company all of the license rights granted herein. The Company does not permit copyright infringing activities and infringement of intellectual property rights on the Website, and the Company will remove all Conversation Content if properly notified that such Content infringes on another’s intellectual property rights. The Company reserves the right to remove Content without prior notice. Breach of such warranty permits the Company to bring legal action.

You further understand and acknowledge that you may be exposed to Conversation Content that is inaccurate, offensive, indecent, or objectionable, and you agree to waive, and hereby do waive, any legal or equitable rights or remedies you have or may have against the Company with respect thereto, and, to the extent permitted by applicable law, agree to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its owners, operators, affiliates, licensors, and licensees to the fullest extent allowed by law regarding all matters related to your use of the Website.

You agree to allow the Company to store or re-format the Content you submit on the Website and display your Content on the Website in any way the Company deems advisable.

6. Use of Website

You agree and warrant that you will not use the Website in a manner that is illegal or otherwise inconsistent with these Terms of Use, or that we deem objectionable. We may restrict, suspend, or terminate your access to the Website without notice for any reason, including if we believe that you may have violated any law or these Terms of Use. The Company will not be liable to you for any modification, suspension, or discontinuance of the Website.

You agree that you will only access the Website through the interfaces we provide. You agree not to “hack” or reverse-engineer the Website, take any action that could have the effect of damaging the Website or its security, or interfere with other users’ use of the Website. You also agree not to cause or allow any computerized or mechanical process to access or to collect content from the Website, or to send unsolicited or unlawful e-mail, to or through the Website or with reference to the Website. Violations of system or network security may result in civil or criminal liability. We may investigate and work with law enforcement authorities to prosecute users who are involved in such violations.

You understand that all information, such as data files, written text, audio files or other sounds, photographs, videos or other images, which you may have access to as part of, or through your use of, the Website are the sole responsibility of the person from which such content originated. All such information is referred to below as the “Posted Content”.

You should be aware that Posted Content presented to you as part of the Website, including but not limited to advertisements in the Website and sponsored Content within the Website may be protected by intellectual property rights which are owned by the sponsors or advertisers who provide that Content to the Company (or by other persons or companies on their behalf). You may not modify, rent, lease, loan, sell, distribute or create derivative works based on this Content (either in whole or in part) unless you have been specifically told that you may do so by the Company or by the owners of that Posted Content, in a separate agreement.

The Website may contain links to third-party websites that are not owned or controlled by the Company. The Company has no control over, and assumes no responsibility for, the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party websites. In addition, the Company will not and cannot censor or edit the content of any third-party site. By using the Website, you expressly relieve the Company from any and all liability arising from your use of any third-party website. Accordingly, we encourage you to be aware when you leave the Website and to read the terms and conditions and privacy policy of each other website that you visit.

7. Username and Password

In order to access some features of the Website, you may be required to register or create an account with the Company. If at any time you chose to register or create an account with the Company, the additional terms and conditions set forth below will apply. The Company reserves the right to remove or reclaim a username if we believe appropriate.

The Company reserves the right to refuse service to anyone at any time without notice for any reason.

When creating your account, you must provide accurate and complete information. You are solely responsible for all activities that occur on your account, and you are solely responsible for keeping your account password confidential. You are responsible for all use on your account, including unauthorized use by any third party, so please be very careful to guard the security of your password. While the Company will not be liable for your losses caused by any unauthorized use of your account, you may be liable for the losses of the Company or others due to such unauthorized use.

You may never use another’s account without permission. You must notify The Company immediately by contacting Support@inspirenw.com as soon as you know of, or suspect any breach of security or unauthorized use of your account. Please also make sure to notify us if your registration information changes, in case we need to contact you.

The Company reserves the right to immediately terminate or restrict your account or your use of the Websites or access to Content at any time, without prior notice or liability, if the Company determinates in its sole discretion that you have breached these Terms of Use, violated any law, rule, or regulation, engaged in other inappropriate conduct, or for any other business reason. We also reserve the right to terminate your account or your use of the Websites or access to Content if such use places an undue burden on our networks or servers. Of course, the Company would prefer to avoid such termination; therefore, the Company may use technology to limit activities, and you agree to respect these limitations and not take any steps to circumvent, avoid, or bypass them.

8. Collection of Personal Information

For information about the Company policies and practices regarding the collection and use of your personally identifiable information, please read the Company Privacy Policy. The Privacy Policy is incorporated by reference and made part of these Terms of Use. Thus, by agreeing to these Terms of Use, you agree that your presence on the Website and use of the Website are governed by the Company Privacy Policy in effect at the time of your use.

10. External Links

The Website may contain third-party advertising and links to external third-party websites. By providing advertising and links to other sites, the Company does not guarantee, approve, or endorse the information or products available at these sites, nor does a link or advertising indicate any association with, or endorsement by, the linked site to the Website. You should not infer or assume that the Company operates, controls, or is otherwise connected with these other websites or destinations. When you click on a link within the Website, we will not warn you that you have left the Website and are subject to the terms and conditions (including privacy policies) or another website or destination. In some cases, it may be less obvious than others that you have left the Website and reached another website or destination. Please be careful to read the terms of use and privacy policy of any other website or destination before you provide any confidential information or engage in any transaction. You should not rely on these Terms to govern your use of another website or destination.

The Company is not responsible for the content or practices of any website or destination other than the Website, even if it links to the Website and even if the website or destination is operated by a company affiliated or otherwise connected with the Company. By using the Website, you acknowledge and agree that the Company is not responsible or liable to you for any content or other materials hosted and serviced from any website or destination other than the Website.

Any dealings you have with advertisers, purchasers or buyers found while using the Website are between you and that party, and you agree that the Company is not liable for any loss or claim that you may have against that party.

11. Termination

The Company reserves the right to terminate this Agreement at any time and for any reason including, but not limited to, breach or suspected breach of any of these terms and conditions. Upon termination by the Company, you must immediately cease using the Content and Website. You may also terminate this Agreement at any time by ceasing use of the Content and Website. The Company may also suspend or discontinue the Content and Website without notice.

Notwithstanding the Company termination rights, the Company may also establish limits concerning use of the Content and Website, including the maximum number of days that Content will be retained by the site and the frequency with which you may access the Content and Website.

The following Sections shall survive any termination or expiration of this Agreement: 1, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 13, 14, 15, and 16.

12. Digital Millennium Copyright Act

If you are a copyright owner or an agent thereof and believe that any content infringes upon your copyrights, you may submit a notification pursuant to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (“DMCA”) by providing our Copyright Agent with the following information in writing (see 17 U.S.C § 512(c)(3) for further detail):

A physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed;

Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed, or, if multiple copyrighted works at a single online site are covered by a single notification, a representative list of such works at that site;

Identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing or to be the subject of infringing activity and that is to be removed or access to which is to be disabled and information reasonably sufficient to permit the service provider to locate the material;

Information reasonably sufficient to permit the service provider to contact you, such as an address, telephone number, and, if available, an electronic mail;

A statement that you have a good faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law; and

A statement that the information in the notification is accurate, and under penalty of perjury, that you are authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.

The Company designated Copyright Agent to receive notifications of claimed infringement is Ater Wynne LLP, Attn: Ernest G. Bootsma, 1331 NW Lovejoy, Suite 900, Portland, Oregon 97209, egb@aterwynne.com. For clarity, only DMCA notices should go to the Copyright Agent; any other feedback, comments, requests for technical support, and other communications should be directed to the Company customer service through Support@inspirenw.com. You acknowledge that if you fail to comply with all of the requirements of this Section 5(D), your DMCA notice may not be valid.

If you believe that your content that was removed (or to which access was disabled) is not infringing, or that you have the authorization from the copyright owner, the copyright owner’s agent, or pursuant to the law, to post and use the material in your content, you may send a counter-notice containing the following information to the Copyright Agent:

Your physical or electronic signature;

Identification of the content that has been removed or to which access has been disabled and the location at which the content appeared before it was removed or disabled;

A statement that you have a good faith belief that the content was removed or disabled as a result of mistake or a misidentification of the content; and

Your name, address, telephone number, and e-mail address, a statement that you consent to the jurisdiction of the state and federal courts in Multnomah County, Oregon, and a statement that you will accept service of process from the person who provided notification of the alleged infringement.If a counter-notice is received by the Copyright Agent, the Company may send a copy of the counter-notice to the original complaining party informing that person that it may replace the removed content or cease disabling it in 10 business days. Unless the copyright owner files an action seeking a court order against the content provider, member or user, the removed content may be replaced, or access to it restored, in 10 to 14 business days or more after receipt of the counter-notice, at the Company sole discretion.

13. Disclaimer Of Warranties

THE CONTENT AND WEBSITE ARE PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS,” “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS, WITH ALL FAULTS AND WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, AND THE COMPANY HEREBY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS WITH RESPECT TO THE CONTENT AND WEBSITE, EITHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES AND/OR CONDITIONS OF MERCHANTABILITY, OF SATISFACTORY QUALITY, OF FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OF ACCURACY, OF QUIET ENJOYMENT, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT OF THIRD PARTY RIGHTS. THE COMPANY DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE OPERATION OF THE CONTENT AND WEBSITE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE, OR FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS OR COMPLETELY COMPATIBLE WITH ANY PARTICULAR HARDWARE OR SOFTWARE. THE COMPANY SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ERRORS, OMISSIONS, VIRUSES, DELAYS OR INTERRUPTIONS IN THE CONTENT AND WEBSITE CAUSED BY ANY REASON, INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR FAILURE TO ACT OF THE COMPANY. YOU HEREBY ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE CONTENT AND WEBSITE MAY BECOME UNAVAILABLE DUE TO ANY NUMBER OF FACTORS INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PERIODIC SYSTEM MAINTENANCE, SCHEDULED OR UNSCHEDULED, ACTS OF GOD, TECHNICAL FAILURE OF THE WEBSITE, OR DELAY OR DISRUPTION ATTRIBUTABLE TO VIRUSES, DENIAL OF SERVICE ATTACKS, OR ANY OTHER CAUSE REASONABLY BEYOND THE CONTROL OF THE COMPANY. YOU AGREE THAT YOUR USE OF THE WEBSITE SHALL BE AT YOUR SOLE RISK.

THE CONTENT AND WEBSITE COMPILES INFORMATION PROVIDED BY THIRD PARTIES AND THE COMPANY GIVES NO WARRANTY OR GUARANTEE AS TO THE ACCURACY, COMPLETENESS OR TIMELINESS OF THE INFORMATION PROVIDED TO THE COMPANY OR THE COMPANY’S REPRODUCTION THEREOF.

CERTAIN STATE LAWS DO NOT ALLOW LIMITATIONS ON IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF CERTAIN DAMAGES. IF THESE LAWS APPLY TO YOU, SOME OR ALL OF THE ABOVE DISCLAIMERS, EXCLUSIONS, OR LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU, AND YOU MIGHT HAVE ADDITIONAL RIGHTS.

14. Limitation of Liability

IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COMPANY AND (AS APPLICABLE) THE COMPANY’S SUBSIDIARIES, OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, MEMBERS, OR SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER, WHETHER DIRECT, INDIRECT, GENERAL, SPECIAL, COMPENSATORY, CONSEQUENTIAL, AND/OR INCIDENTAL, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, LOST PROFITS, BODILY INJURY, EMOTIONAL DISTRESS, ATTORNEYS FEES OR ANY SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES. THIS LIABILITY LIMIT APPLIES EVEN IF THE COMPANY OR A THIRD-PARTY ACTED NEGLIGENTLY.

15. Indemnity

YOU AGREE TO INDEMNIFY, DEFEND AND HOLD THE COMPANY AND (AS APPLICABLE) THE COMPANY’S SUBSIDIARIES, OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES AND SUPPLIERS, HARMLESS FROM ANY CLAIM OR DEMAND, INCLUDING REASONABLE ATTORNEYS’ FEES, MADE BY ANY THIRD PARTY DUE TO OR ARISING OUT OF YOUR BREACH OF THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OR THE DOCUMENTS IT INCORPORATES BY REFERENCE, OR YOUR VIOLATION OF ANY LAW OR THE RIGHTS OF A THIRD PARTY.

16. General Terms

Governing Law And Venue. These terms and conditions are deemed to be made and executed in Oregon, and shall be governed by, construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the state of Oregon, exclusive of conflicts of law provisions.

You and the Company each agree that any and all disputes or claims that have arisen or may arise between you and the Company shall be resolved exclusively through final and binding arbitration, rather than in court, except that you may assert claims in small claims court, if your claims qualify. The Federal Arbitration Act governs the interpretation and enforcement of this Agreement to Arbitrate. The arbitration shall be conducted by Arbitration Services of Portland, Inc. or a similar entity chosen by the Company.

No Waiver. The failure of the Company to enforce any provision hereof shall not constitute or be construed as a waiver of such provision or of the right to enforce it at a later time.

No Assignment. These terms and conditions may not be assigned or transferred by you.